S*** Small Races Thread - 2022
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Sagan is kicking off his season in Alpe Maratime today."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Ah, yes, so she did. Forgot.andyp said:
She won a stage of the Women's Tour last year, just after the Worlds.davieb78 said:Elisa Balsamo won Stage 1 of the Setmana Ciclista Volta Comunitat Valenciana Femines in a reduced sprint. AvV, Cavalli and Garcia got away on the final climb but mucked about and were brought back. Balsamo wins first race in 🌈
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Doesn’t look as if Lopez has learnt from his Vuelta debacle.
Got into a boss break with Landa, Yates, Ben O’Connor, but instead of working, decided he wanted to cajole Eddie Dunbar, who was marking, into doing a turn.
Result was that the break was easily neutralised."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
With a handy roadblock thrown up by the Ineos Spanish speaking contingent.RichN95. said:A Sheffield steal
Impressive opportunism for a 19 year old
They also got 4th with Ben Turner.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Don’t know what caused Ethan Hayter to go all Steve Cummings on Ineos.
He’s ridden solo on the rear of the bunch the entire race so far.
Meanwhile, Fabio Jakobson needs to use his shoulder to keep Merlier in his box to take another comfortable victory."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Adam Blyth was saying yesterday that as a result of getting covid he is way behind in his training and is unsure of his form.blazing_saddles said:Don’t know what caused Ethan Hayter to go all Steve Cummings on Ineos.
He’s ridden solo on the rear of the bunch the entire race so far.
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Will Sheffield rack up the victories for Ineos this season?RichN95. said:A Sheffield steal
Impressive opportunism for a 19 year old================================
Cake is just weakness entering the body0 -
Remco beats second place Kung by a minute in a 40 minute time trial. 51kmh average.0
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Who's the female commentator on Alpes Maritimes? Thought they were British at first but there's a slight accent at times. The Hatch haters won't like her as she does the correct pronunciation / accent thing.
Quintana on a flyer descending, Wellens chasing hard though (assume it's line although no 'live' logo on the screen).0 -
Jose Bol (the dutch lady who commentated last season)?0
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Do you mean Jose Been? If so I don't think it's her, I've been watching an hour and she hasn't mentioned her contacts once yet, also the accent is very subtle to the point I keep doubting they aren't British.Dorset_Boy said:Jose Bol (the dutch lady who commentated last season)?
Edit - Google suggests it may be her, if so she has improved a lot from last year.0 -
Yes, I meant Jose Been.
Heard the commentary yesterday and if it is her, then she had improved massively on last season.0 -
What's going on in Algarve? The commentary and rare graphics aren't saying the same thing"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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12km to go, lead group with all the gc leaders clear and not going to get caught.gsk82 said:What's going on in Algarve? The commentary and rare graphics aren't saying the same thing
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Until they got caught with 6km to go, seemingly out of nowherekingstongraham said:
12km to go, lead group with all the gc leaders clear and not going to get caught.gsk82 said:What's going on in Algarve? The commentary and rare graphics aren't saying the same thing
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Yup. But then they all went again.
Higuita takes it from Martinez after martinez shook the race up.0 -
The gcn commentary of Algarve was so focused on him it was like watching one of their solo adventure videos. Cringeworthy, boring, repetitive.RichN95. said:Maybe 'S**t Small Races' should be renamed 'Evenepoel Races'
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
So this is the same move Groenewegen did, only the rider caught in the barriers took his foot off the gas.
I await the 9 month ban with baited breathe.0 -
Yes.rick_chasey said:
So this is the same move Groenewegen did, only the rider caught in the barriers took his foot off the gas.
I await the 9 month ban with baited breathe.
Clearly exactly the same.
Is 2022 going to be the third successive vintage of sour grapes from Chateau Chasey?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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Stop trolling Rick.rick_chasey said:Are they gonna ban the move or not? Or is it only if the other rider puts themselves in danger?
You know the difference between sprinting side by side and a rider coming up from behind.
Maybe there’s a case for a DQF as Philipsen didn’t quite sprint in a straight line but even that’s not a gimme.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
This is the situation when Groenewegen closed the gap on Jakobsen.
It's only similar in that the gap was closed. You could argue that it should be a DQ for Philipsen for moving off the line, but not that it was as dangerous.0 -
At least the Andalucia and the Algarve were good races to watch. Just watched stage 1 of the UAE, flat straight roads and then a sprint finish. Looks like several of the stages will be like that!
Obviously money talks when choosing where World Tour races are set.2 -
Lad had to pull out of the move else he'd have crashed.
Only difference is Jakobsen didn't pull out of the move.
If we only punish the outcome you'll keep getting bad outcomes.0 -
The rider who was blocked would also needed to be DQ as he starts his sprint near the middle of the road and follows Philipson over to the right and nearly takes out the the guy in red,white and blues front wheel.rick_chasey said:Lad had to pull out of the move else he'd have crashed.
Only difference is Jakobsen didn't pull out of the move.
If we only punish the outcome you'll keep getting bad outcomes.0 -
It is a different level of danger if the gap is closed before or after the rider is alongside.rick_chasey said:Lad had to pull out of the move else he'd have crashed.
Only difference is Jakobsen didn't pull out of the move.
If we only punish the outcome you'll keep getting bad outcomes.
This is less dangerous because the gap is already gone. Surprised it wasn't a DQ though.
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Come on Rick, Groenewegen made the mistake of trying to go through a close-able gap. He knows what's going to happen if he does that.0